{"id":3117,"date":"2013-01-23T20:16:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T03:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2013-01-23T20:16:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T03:16:56","slug":"armstrongs-admission-not-enough-for-stapleton-biker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=3117","title":{"rendered":"Armstrong\u2019s Admission Not Enough for Stapleton Biker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>Local biker Brian Kimball is pretty hard core when it comes to his biking. He has a $3000 bike, the best CamelBak, the newest energy bars, the most recent of hideous bike clothing, and of course, biker shorts. Kimball began biking in 1999, shortly after Armstrong won his first Tour de France title. \u201cIt is such an inspirational story,\u201d says Kimball. \u201cNot just recovering from cancer, but being able to beat all those other bikers whom were clearly on performance enhancing drugs.\u201d\nKimball continued to follow the career of his new hero, Armstrong. \u201cHe just kept winning,\u201d says Kimball. \u201cJust unbelievable. And I have read his books several times.\u201d Kimball was able to get into better shape, but there was some downside to his newfound love of cycling. \u201cI would go for six hour bike rides with friends every weekend,\u201d says Kimball. \u201cObviously, we would wear the similar jerseys when we rode because, yeah, we are a team.\u201d All the time away began to cause strain on his marriage, which eventually ended in a divorce in 2002. \u201cI told her that my life was all about the bike. She just couldn\u2019t accept it.\u201d\n\nOver the last several years, several eye witnesses and former friends of Armstrong came forward to admit Armstrong and his team had indeed cheated. Kimball easily brushed this news away. \u201cLook at the source,\u201d says Kimball. \u201cAll these guys saying Lance cheated, are admitted cheaters. Besides, Lance never tested positive, and he was tested all the time. What more do people want?\u201d\nWhen Armstrong recently conducted an interview with Oprah Winfrey on a television network that nobody has, he finally came out and admitted that he did in fact cheat, and lied about not cheating and using performance enhancing drugs. Friends suspected that this would finally convince Kimball that his hero was a fraud. \u201cWe thought this would crush him,\u201d said longtime friend Tim Alger. \u201cBut, we also thought it was the slice of reality he needed.\u201d\nThe reality never did hit Kimball as he continues to believe Armstrong is innocent. \u201cI don\u2019t think Lance is the right person to be able to say who cheated and who didn\u2019t cheat,\u201d said Kimball. He is a bit too far from the story, and his admissions were of events several years ago. How many of us can recall things we did in 2011 much less 2002?\u201d Kimball says he will continue to bike and support the innocence of Armstrong. \u201cIt\u2019s possible that something could change my mind, but I don\u2019t know what that would be.\u201d ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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